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Why do you do me like this? This agony you keep on inflicting Inflicting this pain like it means you everything Everything you said I am to you You proved it all differently Differently you treat me like you care A care that makes me shatter into pieces Pieces I can't pick up and replace Replace your care with nonchalance And it's nonchalance that I crave from you You mean none to me, neither I to you To you, it's all a duty, a wicked way for satisfaction for your wounded soul My soul, it's somewhere I can't reach, or even remember when I had it I had it when I wasn't here, when I was nothing anywhere Anywhere I go, you follow me like a haunting shadow A shadow of my mother, and one of my brother, now you are the very same Same as it was before, nothing has changed for me For me, history repeats itself, like a broken record on replay Replay your theatrics, play for yourself as long as you want You want me to change? Let me tell you, I will not Not this time, and not like this
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7d ago
May 27, 2026 at 8:35 AM UTC
An attempt at Sestina
Why do you do me like this? This agony you keep on inflicting Inflicting this pain like it means you everything Everything you said I am to you You proved it all differently Differently you treat me like you care A care that makes me shatter into pieces Pieces I can't pick up and replace Replace your care with nonchalance And it's nonchalance that I crave from you You mean none to me, neither I to you To you, it's all a duty, a wicked way for satisfaction for your wounded soul My soul, it's somewhere I can't reach, or even remember when I had it I had it when I wasn't here, when I was nothing anywhere Anywhere I go, you follow me like a haunting shadow A shadow of my mother, and one of my brother, now you are the very same Same as it was before, nothing has changed for me For me, history repeats itself, like a broken record on replay Replay your theatrics, play for yourself as long as you want You want me to change? Let me tell you, I will not Not this time, and not like this
I know it's not an actual sestina but I tried.
#heartbreak#family#sad
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7d ago
May 27, 2026 at 8:35 AM UTC
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